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Gifts from your Kitchen

"50 Simple Ways to Pamper Yourself"

Stephanie Tourles / Paperback / 144 pages / 1999

Tips and recipes to turn any bathroom into a private spa -- Reflexology (feet) exercises for tension relief -- Recipes for and reasons to enjoy a cup of herbal tea All-natural relief for tired, red, puffy eyes Suggestions for love enhancement -- massage oils, scented candles, and all-natural aphrodisiacs Ideas for creating a garden sanctuary in your own backyard $8.49





Making Glorious Gifts from Your Garden

Marie Browning / Hardcover / 128 pages / 1999

Here is a harvest of gift and packaging, ideas using herbs, flowers, and vegetables grown in your garden or purchased at a farmer's market, Create your own fragrances and botanical bath and beauty products. Make edible treats such as herb butters, oils and vinegars, and flavored teas and flavored teas and liqueurs at a fraction of what they cost in stores. Techniques of all kinds for drying and preserving plants are outlined. You don't have to be a gardener to reap these bounties. $23.99





Emeril's Creole Christmas

Emeril Lagasse / Hardcover / 192 pages / 1997

Equipped with New Orleans traditions and over 100 recipes, Emeril's Creole Christmas provides complete menus, down to the shopping lists and suggested wines, for a Christmas Eve dinner, Christmas Day brunch, and New Year's Eve and Day suppers. Corn Cakes with Caviar, Sugarcane Baked Ham with Spiced Apples and Pears, Beef Tenderloin with Fresh Horseradish and Black Pepper Crust, Jiffy Pop Firecracker Shrimp (yes, you do make it with popcorn), and Caramelized Andouille Spoon Bread are just a few of the recipes that will make your celebrations memorable. And the desserts - delight your guests with Chocolate Chocolate Pudding Cake with Chocolate Ganache, Creole Christmas Trifle, Creole Christmas Fruitcake with Whiskey Sauce, Banana Cream Pie with Caramel Drizzle and Chocolate Sauces, or Chocolate Bread Pudding with Spiced Cream. Emeril also makes a lagniappe - a gift - of his very favorite dishes, such as Quail and Smoked Sausage Christmas Gumbo, Lobster Cheesecake with Christmas Caviar Sauce, and Crawfish Quiche. Finally, there are the stocking stuffers - gifts from the Creole kitchen - that include Emeril's Homemade Worcestershire Sauce, Butter Cream Mints, and Orange Pralines. $20.49



Edible Gifts
Hardcover / 64 pages / 1997 $8.49





Olive Oil:The Good Heart Protector

Rita Greer / Paperback / 128 pages / 1996

Why do the peoples of the Mediterranean have the lowest incidence of heart disease in Europe? One reason is that they all make plentiful use of olive oil. Sacred gift to the Greeks of the goddess Athene, the olive and its wholesome oil have been prized for thousands of years. Now scientists have proved that the ancient herbalists were right: the olive's monounsaturated oil contains special properties that have a beneficial effect on the human body. This amazingly informative book explains how olive oil will help prevent heart disease, improve cholesterol levels, soothe earache and sunburn, cure dandruff and act as a hair and skin conditioner, prevent constipation, and work as a tonic to the system. Nutritionist Rita Greer and chemical analyst Cyril Blau show how olive oil can contribute to your overall good health in many ways. They include recipes for flavoursome salad dressings, sauces and casseroles, and describe how to make olive oil soap, shampoo and skin preparations. They also include a wealth of facts about the customs and mythology of the olive and its harvesting and give advice on the best oil to use for particular purposes. $8.49





Art of Chocolate, The

Elaine Gonzalez / Paperback / 192 pages / 1998

This is not just a book of masterful recipes, tips, techniques, and meticulously detailed, easy-to-follow instructions. It is all extravagant paean to decadent desserts. Filled with luscious creations and lavish artistry -- Chocolate Swan Truffles, Enchanted Forest Torte -- this definitive guide to working with chocolate is unusual because it is written with beginners in wind. A cooking teacher with decades of experience, Elaine Gonzalez has devised innovative techniques to put the art of working with chocolate within everyone's reach. After mastering a few basic, any cook can create shimmering cakes, seductive truffles, and amazing chocolate sculptures. With The Art of Chocolate, even novices will soon roll, curl, twist, coax, and nudge chocolate to dizzying heights of fantasy. $19.49




A Cook's Notebook (Blank Notebook Series)

Paperback / 96 pages / 1990

An Illustrated Journal A notebook in the same series, featuring sayings about cooks, cooking, and foods. Can be used as a notebook or a journal. Excellent for recipes, notes on hosting, and memories. A superb gift! EXCERPT: “Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.” — Mark Twain “Never eat more than you can lift.” — Miss Piggy “If no one sees you eat it, it has no calories.” The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time.” — A. P. Herbert “There’s somebody at every dinner party who eats all the celery.” — Ken Hubbard “Eat to live, and not live to eat.” — Benjamin Franklin “Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.” — Harriet Van Horne OTHER NOTEBOOKS IN THIS SERIES A Mother’s Notebook A Quilter’s Notebook Sunny Daydreams Notebook A Notebook of Memories A Quilter’s Notebook II $5.49




Holiday Gifts from the Kitchen

Ideals Publications Inc / Paperback / 32 pages / 1996

There is no better way to send holiday wishes to those you love than with a scrumptious homemade gift. From pies to breads to jams, Holiday Gifts from the Kitchen has a recipe to thrill everyone on your list. Includes helpful hints for wrapping and packing ensure that gifts will be delivered in style. Large format. $1.99




Gifts from the Kitchen

Hardcover / 108 pages / 1999 $16.49




America's Collectible Cookbooks

Mary A. DuSablon / Paperback / 229 pages / 1994

America's Collectible Cookbooks is a wonderful concoction of gossipy morsels and serious reflection about cookbooks and cookbook authors $15.99

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